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If you liked Prosecco, you might like to try ... Lemoncello Italian Restaurant and Bar. 137 W. Commercial St., East Rochester; (585) 385-8565. Owned by the same people who own Prosecco, modern delicacies are served, as well as pasta and gourmet pizza. Romeo’s Restaurant. 2500 Ridgeway Ave., Greece; (585) 342-9340. This restaurant, originally in Irondequoit, offers traditional dishes, plus newer items such as wood-fired pizza. Basil Restaurant. 1384 Empire Blvd., Penfield; (585) 697-2006. Owned by the Danieles, who also own Mario’s Italian Steakhouse in Brighton, this is a casual restaurant with a range of modern Italian foods (plus boat docking). Read more restaurant reviews and news on FlavorsofRochester.com.

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For those who travel from Rochester to Canandaigua Lake via the long stretch of Route 332, Prosecco Italian Restaurant and Jazz Bar provides a pleasant pit stop about halfway to or from the lake.

Prosecco opened in 2011, a sister restaurant to Lemoncello in East Rochester. Its sizable dining room is divided down the middle. A bar in back is awash in aquatic blue lighting and has a flat screen TV for sports fans. On the night we were there, live music played in the background courtesy of a solo jazz guitarist — a nice effect.

A comprehensive menu offers all the expected Italian classics, from Caprese salad to chicken parmigiana, and also chef’s special options such as cioppino, a seafood stew that originated in San Francisco and is a rarity in the East.

As one would hope, with the name Prosecco, the wine list includes multiple Proseccos (Italian sparkling wines), available by the bottle and one by the glass, which we selected. It lent a crisp and lightly effervescent start to our meal. I followed it up with a glass of a food-friendly red wine, Montepulciano, to go with the main courses to follow.

We started our dinner with the evening’s appetizer special: eggplant rolls. Sliced and grilled eggplant were bundled in a creamy ricotta filling. Fresh marinara and chiffonades of basil on top of the melted mozzarella generated brightness. It was our favorite dish of the night.

A small spinach salad arrived next, along with the day’s soup, which was seafood.

Accompanying the baby spinach greens were artichoke hearts, roasted red pepper strips, crumbles of Lively Run goat cheese, sliced pears and a sweet and savory sun-dried tomato vodka vinaigrette. The pears were not ripe, but the creamy goat cheese was delightful and contrasted well with the vinaigrette.

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The soup left plenty to be desired. We barely made a dent in the bowl of overcooked shrimp and scallops that sank to the bottom of a thin, bland broth with chunky potatoes and little else — other than a large, inedible piece of bay leaf.

At a timely pace, our main course choices appeared — chicken Marsala, the Contadina pizza and gnocchi.

Tender chicken cutlets were served over a twisted mound of soft spaghetti, with artichoke hearts, mushrooms and Marsala-based sauce. The sliced portobello mushrooms were meaty and robust, but the sauce from fortified Sicilian wine lacked depth.

The Contadina pizza, baked in a stone oven, was made with mozzarella and ricotta cheeses, wilted spinach, roasted red peppers and Italian sausage. We decided to forgo the sausage to please my vegetarian companions, but I wouldn’t recommend doing that. This pizza definitely needed the flavors of the meat. Golden and browned mozzarella melted beautifully. The thin crust was crispy, but also noticeably dry.

Tiny square gnocchetti dumplings in a large ratio of creamy vodka tomato sauce were an enjoyable variation on the typically rich thumb-sized gnocchi. Right away we picked up on faint flavors of shellfish in the sauce (I even found a piece of lobster). Chef and co-owner Giovanni Castelli Jr. insisted that I was mistaken.

Our server and the maître d’ provided the highest level of hospitality throughout our visit. We couldn’t have been more satisfied with their welcoming manner.

Prosecco’s happy hour is quite the draw; upon our arrival, the bar was full of patrons and the dining room was close to being filled. I’ll be more inclined to return between 4 and 6 p.m. to take advantage of their pizza and drinks — perhaps while being seated on the patio and enjoying one of the rare number of sunny days we’re granted.